Tag Archives: Apple

Shock! Awe! & Oh the Possibilities: iBooks Textbooks!

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Deanna in Academic, Apple, Art, Books, Education, Music, Reading, Research

In the endeavour to find ways to incorporate technologically relevant educational tools into our teaching practices it is obvious that the iPad is the new go-to item for teachers and parents in 2012.  If you haven’t heard, the most recent launch of iBooks 2 now presents a revolutionary future for textbooks and teaching materials that [...]

Education: Are curriculum designers jumping on the iPad bandwagon?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Deanna in Education, Media Literacy, Tech/Gaming

Stepping into a modern day classroom, you will find that it is filled with a ubiquitous array of multimodal and digital resources, yet a majority of these revolutionary resources are likely not school issued, rather they were brought by the young people themselves.  Digital mediums for communication, expression and multimodally engaging in one’s own life, [...]

It’s Official: WWDC 2011 Is sold out! *in 10 hours*

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Deanna in Apple, Geek, Tech/Gaming

I have been talking in my previous post about how the Apple WWDC might sell out quickly, but I never imagined it selling out in less than 10 hours. OMG! Wow! So for everyone out there considering buying your tickets to the WWDC 2011, sorry to say, they are sold out! Wow! I really didn’t [...]

WWDC Registration, Info & Will it Sell Out Faster in 2011?

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Deanna in Apple, Tech/Gaming

So the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is coming up this June 6th to 10th, 2011. Mark your calendars people, and make sure to buy your $1599 USD tickets… (same price as last year – *yikes*). So last year (2010), the tickets quickly sold out, and there seems to be similar speculations that the WWDC tickets [...]